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View in web browser View text-only version Blackberry version Mobile version Add to safe senders list Who needs a text and phone plan? FreedomPop to launch data only service 01 October 2012, 2:44PM Tweet This idea could potentially shake up the US mobile market and save consumers hundreds of dollars each year. A start-up called FreedomPop, which is backed by a founder of Skype, is set to launch a wireless only data service. No calls or texts, just the data. In a social world, Tesco insist on doing all the talking 01 October 2012, 12:00PM Tweet Tesco chief executive Philip Clarke announced last week that he’s launching his very own blog in order to rebuild trust in the brand, which is set to announce its first global profits drop for 20 years next month. Time Inc finds a way to make money out of its Twitter page 01 October 2012, 10:31AM Tweet Interesting move here from magazine publisher Time Inc to sell a little piece of its Twitter real estate that I can easily see being replicated by others. It has begun selling the background wallpaper of its Twitter page for People Style Watch. Google+ may help brands with SEO; but not if customers aren't using it 01 October 2012, 8:22AM Tweet A while back I wrote a piece on whether clients should be worried about Facebook pages having a future as fans left the good ship Facebook and rushed to Google +. Possibly the greatest conversation on Twitter ever 29 September 2012, 12:10PM Tweet There have been some inspired examples of brands on Twitter and showing how they are willing to engage, try something a little different, and win plaudits for it. The Betfair Poker account on Twitter is a good example of that. Nick Clegg's autotuned apology viewed 1.7 million times 28 September 2012, 4:20PM Tweet So how good exactly was Nick Clegg’s tuition fees apology video turned single? Not only did the charity single version of the Liberal Democrat leader’s autotuned apology make the Top 40 download chart, but the video was viewed more than 1.7 million times. Instagram overtakes Twitter in daily mobile users 28 September 2012, 2:46PM Tweet According to recently released comScore data so successful is Instagram that in August US smartphone users visited the photo app more frequently, and for longer periods of time, than they visited Twitter. The report says that in August, Instagram had an average of 7.3 million daily active users compared to Twitter's 6.9 million. Social networks are dominating news media, but Twitter is not as important as you might think 28 September 2012, 10:50AM Tweet Basic intuition and a bit of self awareness will inform you that news consumption is changing rapidly. However, a fascinating new report by the Pew Center details just what an effect mobile is having on the news landscape, as well as showing that the networks we all assumed would be influential actually aren’t. Tower of London launches 1,000 year old Facebook timeline 28 September 2012, 10:04AM Tweet Great use of a Facebook Timeline here from London’s most historic landmark, the Tower of London, which is planning to launch a millennium of monumental dates for social media users to explore in what is believed to be the oldest historic timeline on Facebook. From Shoreditch to San Francisco - The Hipster's Credit Card Bill [infographic] 28 September 2012, 8:25AM Tweet An amusing infographic here giving us a lowdown on what those Shoreditch hipsters and their international brethren spend their cash on. You’re unlikely to be surprised, though you may be embarrassed that some of the credit card charges are strangely similar to your own. 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